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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?
(a) At the theater.
(b) At the Bullpen.
(c) At her childhood home.
(d) At a cemetery.

2. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Victorian.
(d) Athenian.

3. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "Joan was a mechanic and a laborer."
(b) "Joan was a musician and a short-story writer."
(c) "Joan was a poet and a 'matriarchist.'"
(d) "Joan was an academic and an intellectual."

4. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew.
(b) All's Well that Ends Well.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(d) The Tragedy of Macbeth.

5. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?
(a) 12:45 p.m.
(b) 8:45 a.m.
(c) 11:10 a.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

2. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

3. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

4. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?

5. How far away was the author in college when her father died?

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